Overview

This activity will encourage children to listen and respond to music and languages of different countries, and to create their own unique movements.

You will need:

Space to move

Recordings of music from different countries (instrumental and vocal). Ask other parents to share samples of music they listen to at home

Colourful scarves or squares of tissue paper

Directions

Provide each child with a scarf (or square of tissue paper). Demonstrate some ways that children can move their scarf (i.e. rainbows, circles, sweeps, zigzags).

Play some music that will encourage movement. Dance with the children so they can observe and imitate your movements and be inspired to create their own.

Select different music each time this activity is done. Children can compare different sounds, instruments, languages, styles.

You are now ready to begin this activity!

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